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| EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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| Station Name |
Original Railroad | Current Location |
Type | Date Built |
Current Use |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| farwell |
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5510 MN-114, about 2 miles NE of Holmes City in Douglas
County. (GPS: 45.8415 -95.4925) |
C | 1886 | Storage | None | Wood |
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| Glenwood |
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East Minnesota Avenue at 15th Street Northeast (GPS: 45.649969, -95.366376) |
C | 1926 | Railroad | In Use | Brick | |
| lowry |
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East of town on S.R. 28, just past Reno Mission Cemetery and .5 mile north (Can anyone help with providing a better location description or GPS coordinates? |
C | 1897 | Residence | None | Wood | |
| starbuck |
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East Depot Lane (GPS: 45.611801, -95.530409) |
C | 1882 | Museum | Gone | Wood | |
| Villard |
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County Road 28 at Washington Avenue (GPS: 45.715431, -95.269582) |
C | 1882 | ???? | Gone | Wood | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Cyrus (Scandiaville) |
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| Flint (Allison) |
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This station was located somewhere in Section 26 of Reno Township. There may have been no more here than a station sign and platform. | ||||||
| Glenwood |
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The original station here was moved to Sedan around 1892 after the Sedan depot burned down. | ||||||
| Glenwood |
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This second station was built in 1893. It was at the same location as the newer depot that is still standing. | ||||||
| Glenwood |
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This station was north of town in the general vicinity of Franklin Street North just north of 14th Avenue NE around GPS: 45.664346, -95.3890143. | ||||||
| Hynes (Hoff) |
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This station was abandoned by the GN in April 1955. | ||||||
| New Prairie |
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| Sedan (Thorson) (Thornton) |
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The first station here was built in 1886. This was likely the original Glenwood station moved here after the original Sedan depot burned down around 1892. That station then burned down in 1917 with a new station built in 1918. Subsequently the 1918 station burned down in 1934 and was replaced by a boxcar body. (Dates are according to the 2015 book, The Soo Line In Minnesota). | ||||||
| Westport |
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| 1898 POPE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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Notes About Existing Stations... Farwell (Soo Line) - This station has been moved twice since its retirement. It was first on a farm on the NW side of Mitmoen Lake before being moved in 2010 to its current location near Holmes City. |
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